Section 4: Emergency care teaching centres and emergency first aid training

The mission of an emergency care teaching centre is : 1° To contribute, in the field of dealing with medical emergencies in normal and exceptional health situations, to the initial and ongoing training of all healthcare professionals, non-healthcare staff in health establishments and medico-social structures and, more generally, any person likely to be faced with an emergency health problem in the course of their professional activity. In this capacity, it…

The emergency care teaching centre is set up in a healthcare establishment, within the hospital unit that includes the emergency medical assistance service. The emergency care teaching centre is placed under the responsibility of a doctor, who devotes part of his or her time to running the centre, who is a university lecturer and hospital practitioner, senior university lecturer and hospital practitioner or hospital practitioner. In the latter case, the…

The emergency care teaching centre is approved for a period of five years by the director general of the regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction on the basis of a dossier submitted to this agency. An order by the Minister for Health sets out : 1° The conditions for obtaining and withdrawing approval ; 2° The conditions for obtaining provisional approval; 3° The content of the approval file.

The Regional Health Agency shall include in the multiannual contract of objectives and resources concluded with the health establishment hosting an emergency care teaching centre, in application of article L. 6114-1, the objectives linked to the missions of this centre.

The emergency care teaching centre, the medical or health training and research unit or the Val-de-Grâce School authorises the trainers authorised to provide training to obtain the certificate of training in emergency first aid, known as “AFGSU trainers”. As part of their accreditation, these trainers may only teach the content of the levels 1 and 2 emergency first aid training certificate, in accordance with their professional skills reference framework. Trainers…

Health establishments with an emergency care teaching centre participate in a regional emergency care teaching network. This network contributes to the definition of training needs in emergency care in normal and exceptional health situations. It also defines the resources required to meet these needs and to coordinate training activities. Universities, armed forces health service schools and public or private training institutes preparing for one of the health professions listed in…